Life-saving garment.



E. HEBERLEIN.

LIFE SAVING GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAN. 1912 1 ,098, 1 10. A Patented May 26,1914.

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LIFE-SVING GARMENT.

`Speciiicaton of Letters Patent.

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Appiic'a'tion sied may e,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that EDITH Hnnmmnirr, a subject of the King of Great Britain, having married a subject. of the Emperor of Germany, at present residing at @Ceanpark, in the county of Los Angeles and lState' of California, have invented a new and useful Life-Saving Garment, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide for persons on sea-going vessels a garment which will protect them from exposure in case of ship-wreck.

A further object is to provide comfortable means to assist in supporting the person ofthe wearer in the water.

Another object is to provide a one piece garment having a large opening at the neck for the insertion' of the entire person, the opening being adapted to be quickly and tightly closed when the person is incased in the garment, and the closure being such as to maximize 'the diiiiculty with .which water may enter the garment.

The accompanying drawings illustrate thel invention.

Figure 1 is a view of a garment constructed in accordance with this invention and open ready to receive the 'person to be protected thereby. Fig. 2 is'a fra-gmental view showing the garment as it appears when closed upon the person of the wearer. Fig. 3 is a plan section on line ma, Fig. 2.;V Fig. 4 is an exaggerated fragmental section of a portion of the body of the garment.

The garment comprises a structure composed of body 1, legs 2, feet 3, arms 4, gloves 5 and hood 6, made as one piece, the hood being provided with a front opening 7 and the body being provided below such front opening with a foldable unslit fullness 8 extending substantially to the waist, the upper margin 9 thereof beingextensible to form, with the margin ofthe hood, a disJ tensible opening through which the body of the wearer may pass in adjusting the gar.- inent to the person. Suitable fastening means, asthe strap 10, having a buckle 11 is provided at the neck 12 of the garment to hold the opening closed when the foldable fullness 8 has been .folded in place, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and a draw-string 13 isrun in the usual manner through cer tain retaining means, as the hem 14, around the margin of the hood opening so that said llyatented May 26, 1911i.

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opening may be contracted to closelyT lit the face of the wearer.

From the foregoing it is seen that the garment is uiislit from the neck down and is provided at the front with an unslit fuit ness extending from the lower margins o the hood opening substantially to the waist and adapted to expand to 'form an opening in front of the hood at the' neck and in conjunction with said hood opening to admit the wearer so that when the margins of the hood opening are tightened' along the face by means of the draw string 13 and the fullness has been folded and fastened in place .by the strap and buckle 10, 11, the garment will afford maximum protection against ingress of water for the reason that when are drawn together', as shown in Fig. 2, over the 'upper margin of the fullness folded beneath the hood; and this security against ingress of water is in nowise diminished by a. construction which maximizes Jthe ease with which the garment may be donned.

The garment is made of an outside lightweight water-.proof material 15 and an inside light-weight heat-insulating material 16, as flannel, so that by means of the outer thickness 15 the lining 16 and the garments of the wearer are protected from water. The garment is intended to be of sufficient size to be drawn on over the ordinary clothing of the wearer, the leather boots, howgarment is put o n. When the garment has thus been put on and secured at the neck, as shown in Fig. 2, the wearer will apply, in the usual manner, a life belt, not shown, so that if .he is thrown or jumps into the water he will -be supported. Inv addition to the buoyancy of the life belt, the air confined in his clothing will assist in supporting the body for the reason that the water being excluded from the inside of the'garment'will not force out the air which is inmeshed in the material of the ordinary clothing worn ,by the person putting on the garment.

, It is understood that there is no limitation on the thickness of the material, care being taken that the weight is not excessive andthat the foldable fullness shall not be of excessive bulk.

By constructing the one piece garment with my particular foldable fullness and inclosed the lower margins of the opening 7 ever, being preferably taken 0H before the tegral hood having a draw string, the folds no of the fullness may be disposed and seoui'efl in such manner as "no maximize the difficulty with which Water may leak 1tlnonggh same into the garment In fastening llie neck piece the fullness 9 is rst folded and tucked neatly around the neck as in Fig. 39 after which the strings 13 are drawn, serving at the saine time to hind the edge of the hoocl onto the face, anrl also to the sides of lhe neck together and over the upper edge of the folded and tucked fullness as in. Fig. 2. The strings' 13 alone would serve to seal the opening through edge 9 of the fullness When so lapped beneath the draw string 13 of the hood, but lo make the seal proof against accidental derange-ment of the folds the binding strap 10 is provided. rlfhis makes a practically perleotvseal.

A garment of the ehaaober set forth oomprising lonely,l legs, feet, arms, gloves, and hood, made as one piece and unsli; below the hood, said hood having a front opening and seid body being provided at the fonty with an unsli't fullness extending from the lower margins of said hood opening subsanially to the Waist anol adapted to expand to form an opening in front of the hoofl at' the neck and' in conjunction with said hood opening to admit the wearer, means to hold the unslit fullness from ein panding and means to,tighten the margins of the hood opening around the face of the wearer, the lower margins of the hood opening being adapted to be drawn togeliher over the upper mafgin of said fullness.

ln testimony whereof; l have hereunto set my hand ai:y Los Angeles, lalifornia, this 2nd day of May, 1912.

EDITH HEBEPJEIN.

ln presence rif- JAMES R. Townsnnn, DAISY MUNRO. 

